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G. J. RENZ. FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT TOR PBNHOLDBRS.

' Patented June 28,1898.

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A fr0/MIE Ys NiraED r CARL J. RENZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT FOR PENHOLDERS.

SPECIFI-[CATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,360, dated June28, 1898. Application tiled August 19, `1897. Serial No. 648,767. (N0model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern; i

Be it known that I, CARL J. BENZ, of New? York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a `new and Improved Fountain Attachmentfor Penholders, of l which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a` ing a substitute for theclamp usually provided to hold a pen in a holder, the attach-` mentserving to hold the pen in theholder.

vide a fountain attachment for penholders so constructed that when thepen is not in use the attachment may be reversed and the pen introducedentirely in the holder, providing for its protection.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable, andeconomic fountain attachment for penholders which at one dipping of thepen and attachment in the ink will take up and retain sufficient ink toenable an ordinary letter to be replenishin g the pen.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying I drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the iigures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a penholder having the improved fountainattachment applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the fountainattachment applied to a penholder, a porl tion of the penholder being insection. Fig.

3 is a longitudinal section through the fountain attachment, the sectionbeing drawn on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the tionthrough a further modiiication of the attachment; and Fig. 9 is a bottomplan View thereof, Figs. 8 and 9 being also enlarged.

written without Fig. 6 is a lon? Each form of the attachment consists ina springbody A and a tip-section or feeder B. Under the form ofconstruction shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4L, and 5 the spring-body consistsof a horizontal bar 1O and aspring-arm 11 at the bottom of the said bar,the said spring-arm being attached at its center to the bar 10, its ends11a and 1lb being carried in opposite directions and curved downwardlyand then upwardly, the end l1" more or less closely approaching theunder face of the bar 10 at its rear end, while the opposite end 11L ismade f to approach more or less closely the under A further object ofthe invention is to pro-` face of thetip-section or feeder B near itsrear end. The end 1la of the spring-body is made to terminate in claws12, as shown in Fig.. 5 These claws serve as reservoirs for the ink andalso to hold the feederV in such position that the feeder will not leavethe pen to any appreciable extent while the pen is in use. The underface of the tipsection or feeder is more or less smooth, while upon itsupper face series of transverse cells 14c are produced, and thetip-section or feeder at its bottom portion is usually curved slightlyin an upwardly direction, and the tip of the fingers being connected atthe forward or outer end of the tip or feeder, this portion of the tipbeing more or less pointed, and in the upper face of the pointed end ofthe tip channels 16 are made, which are in longitudinal alinement withthe opening between the fingers 13. Preferably slight recesses 15 aremade in the body-bar 10 where it connects with the tip or feeder. Theserecesses are adapted to receive and hold ink, but are not necessary andmaybe dispensed with, the ink being held in the cells 14. and .in thespaces between the fingers 13.

The claws 12 at the forward end of the spring member of the spring-bodyare so lo cated that one claw will extend along each finger 13 for agreater or a less distance. The only difference in the constructionshown in Figs. 6 and 7 and that shown in the other views is that theclaws 12a. on the spring member l1 of the body are made shorter and aremore abrupt, and the central finger is not connected with the outer orside fingers, being separated therefrom a slight distance, as

in its entirety consists of three ngers 13, all

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the fingers are substantially in parallel alinement the outer fingersare connected at their forward ends and inclose the intermediate Enger.Under the construction shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the claws of the springmember of the body are designated as 2l and are even shorter than theclaws shown in the other views. The construction of the tip or feederdiffers from the construction shown in the other views in that while allthree fingers approach each other.to a greater or a less extent' attheir outer ends all of the fingers are independent at said outer ends,as best shown in Fig. 9-that is to say, the fingers at the outer end ofthe tip or feeder are separated. The tip or feeder is provided upon itsupper face with transverse cells 19, and in the form of the tip orfeeder shown in Figs. and G the cells also appear, bearing the samenumerals 13 as the cells in thetip or feeder illustrated in Figs. 8,4,and 5.

The penholder C is made tubular at its pen-receiving end, and when thespring-body is forced into the penholder the spring member 1l will becompressed to a greater or less extent, and the tip will be firmly heldin position in said holder. The pen is likewise held in the holder bythe spring-body as the upper surface of the attachment is brought inengagement with the under surface of the pen, and the rear end of theshank of the pen is introduced into the penholder together with thespring-body of the attachment.

Vhen the pen is not required, the springbody and pen are drawn from theholder and the point introduced into said holder, and the spring-bodycan act to hold the attachment and pen in position, it being immaterialwhich end of the spring-body is entered first into the holder.

An attachment constructed as above set forth is adaptable to any styleof pen and may be used in `connection with any holder having a tubularreceiving end portion, and

will take up and hold sufficient ink to write" a very lengthy letteratonly one dipping of the pen.

I desire it to be understood that while the two members lO and 11 areshown as integral or made from one piece of material the two members maybe independently constructed and secured togetherin any approved manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secu-reby Letters Patentv l. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders,comprising a body, a fingered tip at the forward end of the body andhaving transverse cells in its upper face, and a spring secured to theunder side of the body and having its forward end curved upwardly andeX- tending into close proximity to the under face of the tip,substantially as described.

2. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, comprising a body, atip integral with the body and provided with three fingers havingtransverse cells on their upper faces, the central finger beingdisconnected from the side fingers at the outer end, and a spring seycured to the under side of the body and having its forward end curvedupwardly under the tip and formed with claws, substantially asdescribed.

'3. A fountain attachment for pens, comprising a body, a tip integralwith the body and provided with three fingers the side fingers beingconnected at the outer ends and the intermediate finger beingdisconnected at said outer end with the side fingers, the fmgers beingprovided with transverse cells in their upper faces, and a springsecured at about its center to the body and having its ends curvedupwardly, the forward end being provided with claws, substantially asdescribed.

et. In a fountain attachment for pens and penholders, a spring-bodyconsisting of abar, and a spring member attached to the bar, the endswhereof are curved in opposite directions, the. forward end terminatingin claws, and a tip or feeder forming a continuation of the said bar andextending over and beyond the claws of the spring member of the body,the tip or feeder being slotted and cellular, for the purpose specified.

5. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, comprising a bodyprovided at the under side with a spring, the ends whereof are curved inopposite directions, and a tip integral with the body and consisting offingers having transverse cells in their upper faces, substantially asdescribed.

6. A fountain attachment for pens and penholders, consisting of a body,a tip integral with the body and formed of a plurality of fingers havingcells in their upper faces, and a spring on the under side of the body,the

. said spring being securedto the body at about its center and havingits forward end formed with claws, substantially as described.

CARL J. RENZ. Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, EVERARD B. MARSHALL.

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